Treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer

Patients who had good response to previous chemotherapy and had a remission lasting for more than 6 months is usually retreated with the same drug combination. Others may receive different chemotherapy drugs. The following is a list of chemotherapy drugs commonly used for recurrent ovarian cancer

Carboplatin

Cisplatin

Paclitaxel

Topotecan

Liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil)

Gemcitabine

Navelbine

VP-16

These agents may put the cancer back in remission for a variable period of time.